and they're unfairly against us. i think there were a lot of legitimate assessments and analysis of that news conference, which could be done by many people without calling people nuts, without saying they're crazy because the truth is, one of the reasons the nra has so much clout is because there are a lot of good americans out there who believe that their direction is the right direction. >> i don't want to see news organizations characterize the nra one way or the other. i want to see them look into the $100 million a year they get in donations from gun manufacturers and gun retailers. i want to know more about the donations they in turn make to key legislatures. there is serious reporting to be done about the nra. >> plenty of it, too. it's everywhere. not just on a small scale. if you look at what's going on at the local level, forget about the national level. the degree to which they play ball politically is huge. and that's a great story. you don't have to take it one way or the other. you can simply report on